Why were the Ku Klux Klan and other White Supremacist organizations established during this period? a. They were established to protect white women from being harmed by Freedmen
b. They were established primarily to intimidate and threaten African Americans to deter them from exercising their rights as new citizens.
c. They were established to protect the rights of white Southerners
d. They were established out of a sense of pride and bravery

B.

Explanation:

This is exactly what they tried to do

i believe the answer is:

-   william jennings bryan is a democrat while mckinley was a republican

at that time, the segment of population that choose for democratic party were the voters with low economic background and vice versa

- william jennings has support of populists and wants to have inflation to farmers while mckinley has support of bankers and businessmen , doesn't want inflation

the fixed value of gold make the large business able to stack up their gold without   being worried that it would devaluated.

- william jennings supported the silver standard while mckinley supported the gold standard

according to jenning, using other metal beside gold could the poor people to have more purchasing power and them advance in the society.

the correct answer is b

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